NWUPC and the Modern Slavery Statement Registry

The Home Office have launched the Modern Slavery Statement Registry online to provide a platform for organisations to share the positive steps they have taken to tackle and prevent modern slavery.

The registry will enhance transparency and accessibility, by bringing modern slavery statements together in one place and will make it easier to find and compare them. The Modern Slavery Act of 2015 included a ground-breaking requirement for large businesses to report annually on the steps they have taken to prevent modern slavery in their operations and global supply chains. To lead the way for the public sector, the UK government has now published its own statement which assesses the risk of modern slavery across around £50bn of its annual spending.

Under section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015, organisations that meet certain criteria are legally required to publish an annual modern slavery statement in a prominent place on their website. They are also encouraged to make statements from previous years available online. We are committed to identifying and addressing risks in our supply chains through our frameworks.  NWUPC’s financial position is well below the requirement for a Modern Slavery statement however, we believe we have a key role in eradicating this from our members’ supply chains as a framework provider.  Therefore, NWUPC have produced voluntary Modern Slavery Statements over the past three years.

If you have any questions about modern slavery or NWUPC's response to this please contact Helen Dodd-Williams, Head of Strategic Procurement at NWUPC.